. Buffalo land: an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West; with graphic descriptions of the country; the red man, savage and civilized; hunting the buffalo, antelope, elk, and wild turkey; etc., etc. ... The appendix comprising a complete guide for sportsmen and emigrants. TOASTS IIK MOCCASINICD !.> lltK IIRE. WAUKARUSA. 35 must be converted into marketable robes, and theflesh into jerked meat, by the ugly and over-workedpartner of his bosom. While she pins the raw hideto earth, and bends patiently


. Buffalo land: an authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the wild West; with graphic descriptions of the country; the red man, savage and civilized; hunting the buffalo, antelope, elk, and wild turkey; etc., etc. ... The appendix comprising a complete guide for sportsmen and emigrants. TOASTS IIK MOCCASINICD !.> lltK IIRE. WAUKARUSA. 35 must be converted into marketable robes, and theflesh into jerked meat, by the ugly and over-workedpartner of his bosom. While she pins the raw hideto earth, and bends patiently over, fleshing it withhorn hatchet for weary hours, the stronger vessel, hisabdominal recesses wadded with buffalo meat, toastshis moccasined feet by the fire, fills his lungs withsmoke from villainous killikinick, and muses sooth-ingly of white scalps and haji^iy hunting grounds. Ox-like maiden, happy big injun! you both be-long to an age and a history well nigh past, and let usrejoice that it is so. But to return to the band long since gathered intoaboriginal dust whom we left pausing on the banksof the Waukarusa. Deep water, bad bottom! grunted the braves, and, nothing doubting it, one lov-ing warrior pushed his wife and her pony over thebank to test the matter. From the middle of thetide the squaw called back, Waukarusa (thighdeep), and soon had


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